I know you aint from Detroit, and I aint from Joisey, but we should bet on the outcome of the series. Waddaya say? I'm thinking if Detroit wins you can firebomb my house, if Joisey wins I'll dump all sorts of industrial pollutants in your backyard, maybe cover it over with a turnpike. Gotta bet? :D

Sparky,
Before I came U.P. I lived an hour outa Detroit, so I am kinda related to Motown.
Michigan is trying to get outa the garbage-importing deal with Canada. If they fix that maybe that'll work.
Today, I was working an American Legion DH and totally missed Detroit's home loss, but I did get to call two infield flys.
mick

Did you see the MLB game last week in which, with the bases loaded, the batter hit an infield fly right in front of home plate? The batter was called out, and the fielder let it drop. Then seeing that the runner from third was headed home, the fielder picked up the ball and stepped on the plate, intending to force the runner at home. Runner touched home, the ump signalled safe, and the fielder couldn't believe it. Pretty funny.

Chuck

Yeah, that was pretty silly.
...Brain cramp.

The best part of that was when Robinson came out of the dugout to tell his players to quit arguing because it was a good call it was them that had %&#&$* (messed) up the play

You know, I missed that one. But I did see the Boston-Anaheim game where to BoSox outfielder thought his catch was the third out and tossed it to a fan. Now that was pretty funny!

Typical Red Sox play! :D

If it were, would the Sox be tied for first in the division? Tied for the second best record in baseball? Going into the first "big" series of the season?

He was just trying to be a nice guy. Everybody throws the ball to the stands now, and he just had a brain cramp. He's not the first guy to do it either. Trot is a genuinely decent guy, from everything I've seen and read. Yes, it was stupid, but not typical.

Gonna be a fun series, huh, Dan?

Not the way they've been playing lately it won't.

Maybe Jeter can break something else?

(BTW, you guys have hijacked my thread! I wanted to discuss the various merits of Detroit vs New Jersey, and here we are banging away at the Red Sox!)

Well, when Detroit manages to score more than 2 baskets in the fourth quarter, and Joisey doesn't have to rely on a last second shot to beat the team who can only score 2 baskets in the quarter, well, maybe then it will be more fun to talk about that series than the BoSox...

Which leads us off in another direction: where are all the "conspiracy theorists" now that Dallas, NJ, Detroit & San Antonio are left standing? Only NJ can be considered close to a media center, but most people do not associate them with the NY market.

What the heck happened?!?!?! I read my daughter her bedtime story, tuck her in, kiss her goodnight, and it's 5-1 after 1?!?! Good grief. And Nomar was NOT out on his way to second!

Chuck, I think you are failing to grasp a fundemental concept: if the umpire says yer out, you're, well, out.

Yes, it is very typical of the Bosox to be in first place, IN MAY!!! :D

Not to worry, that's been taken care of.

Well, they ain't tied for 1st. in the division anymore.:D

Ugh-ly. Sigh.

BTW, during last night's b'cast on YES the announcers said the last time NY & Boston played while tied for first was Oct 1, 1978.

Shut up! Where's that smiley that's giving the finger. . .?

Whoops, sorry. :eek: Here's a more family-friendly response:

And the next time will be tomorrow night! :p

On SportsCenter, they said it was the same up who called a Boston player out on a missed tag at second base against the Yankees in a big game (playoff game) in 1999. Knoblauch was the guy attempting to tag, and it was Offerman (?) who avoided the tag but got called out anyway.

And on SportsCenter on Sunday they said that this will be the first time the two teams started a series while tied for first since 2000. So one of them is wrong.

I think the YES guys said a "flat-footed" tie, which I took to mean identical records, not simply tied but with differing records (ie both 0 GB)

Told ya so!! :D Sox pen actually held up. Tough outing for Mr. <s>Moneybags</s> Contraras. He's been shaky since March, no?

Sparky,
Start loading your truck. ;)
mick

And I tell ya what...at no extra cost to you I'll throw in a complimentary shovelful from the "Jimmy Hoffa Assortment", taken from prime mafia dumping grounds and guaranteed to contain at least 10% bone & tooth fragment, bullets & shell casings of unknown origin.

Enjoy!

So Chuck, what's new? :p

Apparently, absolutely nothing! :mad:

Hey Chuck, watched Game 3 of the '75 World Series yesterday. Can you say "Ed Armbrister?" :D

"And this one belongs to the Reds!" :)

My personal favorite moment in that series (Which happens to be STILL the BEST World Series ever played!) is when Tony Perez, comes to the plate. He's basically 0-the Series and Bill "The Space Man", throws him that crazy eapus (sp?) pitch. Big Doggie proceeds to launch one over the Green "Moyntsa"!

There were too many moments in that Series to count. "Gold, Jerry. Pure Gold!"

Dan,
Well, the better team easily won.
However, when you live in Michigan we always (too regularly) think, that it'll be better next year. ;)
Jason Kidd was very special.
mick

I'm very surprised this went 4. I expected 6, maybe 7.

Oh well...